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{{adventuretop|name=Cold Comfort|image=coldhobo2.gif}} | {{adventuretop|name=Cold Comfort|image=coldhobo2.gif|num=292|type=lucky}} | ||
While be-bopping along the Esplanade, you come across a hobo swaddled in a huge scarf and busily stirring an enormous pot. It's not suspended over a fire, though -- it's suspended over a big pile of ice cubes. | While be-bopping along the Esplanade, you come across a hobo swaddled in a huge scarf and busily stirring an enormous pot. It's not suspended over a fire, though -- it's suspended over a big pile of ice cubes. | ||
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{{button|Buy some soup (5 nickels)}} | {{button|Buy some soup (5 nickels)}} | ||
*''With 5 hobo nickels:'' | |||
You hand over the nickels and take a bowl of the cold, cold soup. | You hand over the nickels and take a bowl of the cold, cold soup. | ||
{{acquire|item=bowl of fishysoisse}} | |||
*''Without 5 hobo nickels:'' | |||
You can't afford a bowl of soup. | |||
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{{button|I’ll have the salad. I mean, I’ll leave.}} | {{button|I’ll have the salad. I mean, I’ll leave.}} | ||
The prospect of consuming frigid soup leaves you... underwhelmed. So you leave. | The prospect of consuming frigid soup leaves you... underwhelmed. So you leave. | ||
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Occurs at [[Exposure Esplanade]] | Occurs at [[Exposure Esplanade]] while [[Lucky!]] | ||
==History== | |||
*Was a [[semi-rare adventure]] prior to Jan 1, 2022. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* | *The [[Wikipedia:Pink Floyd|Pink Floyd]] song [[Wikipedia:Wish You Were Here (song)|"Wish You Were Here"]] contains the lines "and did they get you to trade... cold comfort for change" which is, in effect, what you do here. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:23, 27 January 2022
Cold Comfort
While be-bopping along the Esplanade, you come across a hobo swaddled in a huge scarf and busily stirring an enormous pot. It's not suspended over a fire, though -- it's suspended over a big pile of ice cubes.
"Hey, err... whatcha makin'?" you ask.
"Soup. Good soup. Nice and cold. Want some? 5 nickels."
| Buy some soup (5 nickels) |
- With 5 hobo nickels:
You hand over the nickels and take a bowl of the cold, cold soup.
 | You acquire an item: bowl of fishysoisse |
- Without 5 hobo nickels:
You can't afford a bowl of soup.
| I’ll have the salad. I mean, I’ll leave. |
The prospect of consuming frigid soup leaves you... underwhelmed. So you leave.
Occurs at Exposure Esplanade while Lucky!
History
- Was a semi-rare adventure prior to Jan 1, 2022.
References
- The Pink Floyd song "Wish You Were Here" contains the lines "and did they get you to trade... cold comfort for change" which is, in effect, what you do here.
